Category: Ratings

Liesse d’Harbonville 2000 The vintage 2000 has a lovely golden color with perfect pinprick bubbles and nice tears on the glass. Incredibly rich nose of white truffle, nectarine, fig, smoke, wax, Comté fruité and marzipan with orange blossom. After a while in the glass you get tarte tatin, passion fruit, gunpowder tea and freshly

Made of 100% Pinot Noir from Celles sur Ources. Light golden color with green hue and rather large bubbles but with a nice mousse. Initial nose is very lactic with creamcheese, burrata followed by sulpher and fireworks, fig, dried apple, cocoa butter. Very plain and uninteresting at first but after a few minutes the aroma

100% Pinot Noir from harvest 2014. It has a dosage of 8 grams. Light golden color with a red hue and a delicate, refined effervescence. Very typical Pinot Noir on the nose redcurrant, violettes, red peaches, melon, licorice, blood orange, and a hint of shoe polish. After a while it showed more pineapple and the

Made of 40% Pinot Noir, 35% Pinot Blanc and 25% Chardonnay. Harvest 2014 and about 9 grams of dosage. Very light golden color with a delicate effervescence. On the nose you get ripe pear, charentais melon, soft yeasts, coconut juice, sponge cake, blood orange, acerola, starfruit and elderflower. After a long time in the

Hervé Jestin is one of Champagne’s most influential winemakers. Many growers and houses make an appeal to his knowledge and philosophy. Cuvée Jestin is the result of a bond with Vincent Laval from Cumières and David Leclapart from Trépail. The cuvée Jestin 2007 is a very rich wine and unique in its kind. It’s made

Thienot’s La Vigne aux Gamins is a single vineyard cuvée made of 100% Chardonnay from parcel “La Vigne aux Gamins” in Avize. I’ve tasted several vintages including a shy 2002 and a spectacular Meursault-ish 2001 but the 2005 stole my heart. The 2005 has a lovely old golden color with a mild effervescence.The nose is

After tasting a marvelous 2010 Millésime d’Exception I had great expectations for the 2006. Made of 65% Pinot Noir and 35% Chardonnay. 50% of the wines are vinified in oak foudres. 5,4 grams of dosage. This dosage has been aged in oak cuves coming from Limoux. This wine has a lovely golden color with a

This wine is standing in the shadow of the famous cuvée Grande Sendrée but for me this is one of Drappier’s best wine. Made of 65% Pinot Noir and 35% Chardonnay. 50% of the wines are vinified in oak foudres. 5,4 grams of dosage. This dosage has been aged in oak cuves coming from Limoux.

I’ve always been a fan of Les Belles Voyes especially when they have some bottle age. This cuvée is made 100% Chardonnay from Oger and vinified on oak. The version I recently tasted was based on the 2010 vintage. Intense light golden color with a reflection of green and a very elegant effervescence. The nose